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  • 2018 Annual Report

    The Loyola computer science department's annual report from 2018.

  • Is Your ‘L’ Stop’s Elevator Broken? Loyola Grad Students’ New App Sends You Push Alerts

    A pair of Loyola University Chicago graduate students — with help from Rogers Park neighbors — have designed an app that helps CTA riders know when elevators are out of service. When discussing ideas for a class project in Loyola’s graduate software engineering program, Tyler Arndt and Sam Siner knew they wanted to develop something that has value to the community. So the pair decided to develop an app that informs people when elevators are out of service at their preferred “L” stations
  • In the news

    Computer Science student wins big with music app idea

    Like most young adults, Jonah Murray spends a lot of time with technology. But there’s one big difference—he’s creating an app for concert goers.

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  • Intern profile

    Programming and Teaching

    Lucas Rudd - Loyola Senior Lucas Rudd spent seven weeks this summer at iD Tech, where he taught middle and high schoolers 3D printing—a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. Rudd, who is majoring in physics and computer science, talks about his internship and how it helped him discover a love for teaching and explore his interests in software development.
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  • Programming Skills : Eighth grader Calvin Osborne shares game programming skills with Loyola students

    Calvin Osborne presented a guest talk to Loyola University Chicago Computer Science students from several sections of Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (Comp 170) on this November 8, 2016. Calvin, an eighth grade student at Lake Forest Country Day School, demonstrated his work to update and customize Minecraft with a mod called Mineautica, explained how he implemented the changes in java, and how he worked with a small team to create new graphic elements for the game.
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  • Intern profile

    Exploring social: Computer Science major Salomon Smeke spent his summer interning at 4C working on social media ads

    Salomon Smeke Loyola senior Salomon Smeke is a Mexico City native who spent his summer being a sort of Mr. Fixit as an intern for 4C—a social media advertising and technology company based in Chicago. In this internship, Smeke was lured by his longtime interest in computer technology but soon discovered a newfound interest in advertising.
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  • Honors Students Author Book on Big Data and Discrimination

    Big data meets big ethical problems for students in Dr. Mark Albert’s computer science course this semester. The honors students enrolled in this unique class are working to put together a textbook that explains the rise of big data and its implications on discrimination and privacy concerns.
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  • Illinois Technology Association (ITA)

    Loyola CS is now a member of Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
  • Faculty Author

    Dr. Peter Dordal writes new open textbook

    Technology, as we all know, is constantly in flux. But how academic institutions react to its ever-changing nature can underscore the success of students. Dr. Peter Dordal’s free online/open textbook, An Introduction to Computer Networks, offers a technology-based learning opportunity to students. The book is drawing strong attention from commentators in the technology community, as noted through Hacker News. This measures the pulse of ideas and interest is this field.

  • CS Alum Aadeel Akhtar’s exciting 3D-printed prosthetics at UofI Urbana-Champaign

    Check out this blog post about a recent project of CS Alum Aadeel Akhtar.